Shoe shining device



Oct. 24, 1939. J FQRSBERG 2,177,298

SHOE SHINING DEVICE Filed April 22, 1935 (7501?. lqmsber Gum/MA;

Patented Oct. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to shoe polishers and has for its object to provide a new and efficient shoe polishing device which will be portable and hand operated.

A still further object is to provide an economically constructed small size portable shoe polisher which will be so formed that the user can handle it with one hand and can control it perfectly to engage every part of the shoe without removing it from the foot.

A still further object is to provide a shoe polishing device of the hand operated type with an electric motor to rotate the endless polishing belt and with the polishing surface of the belt preferably made of sheeps wool.

A still further object is to provide a hand operated shoe polishing device which will be economical to manufacture and will sell for a small price and which will be so constructed that it will cover the entire surface of the shoe and will polish the shoes more completely and with a better gloss than is possible with hand polish- 1 1%.

A still further object is to provide a safety shoe polisher which will be fool proof and which may be used without danger of pinching or injuring the fingers of the user.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a vertical section of the device.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device showing the polishing belt.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view of the device to show the drive from the motor to the endless belt.

Figure 4 is an inverted plan view of the device with the belt shown cut away.

In the drawing I have shown the device as made of a body or casing A, having one end made higher at l in which a suitable motor B is mounted for operating the device.

The other end 2 of the device is made lower and the top 5 and both sides 3 and 4 are closed and the end 2 is closed on an angle as shown by the end 6 and the higher end I is made curved upward and then down at l to partially enclose each end.

Within the casing A and near the motor B, I

provide a power drive drum Ill mounted on a shaft H. The shaft H is extended through the side wall 4 of the casing A and a drive sheave wheel I2 is mounted thereon.

The main drive shaft M of the motor B is also extended out through the side wall 4 of the cas- 5 ing A and carries a small sheave wheel l5 thereon and a belt It drives from the sheave l4 onto the sheave l2 to drive the drum l0 from the motor B.

In the other end 2 of the casing I mount an idler drum l8. Between these two drums ll! and 1 I8 I provide an automatic spring actuated take up drum I9 motmted on a crank 20 and normally held in tension position to hold the belt 2| surrounding the two drums in tension at all times, by the spring 22. The belt 2i is the polishing 15 belt of the device and is made of any suitable material such as cloth, leather lined with felt, sheep skin, with the wool on the outside, or any other suitable composition which may be used for a belt and at the same time have the outside 20 shine shoes.

The drum it may be made of rubber to provide a better gripping drive drum or any other suitable like material may be used which will not allow the belt 2| to slip. 2

A switch C controls the motor and is mounted through the end I adjacent the motor.

A stream line handle D is provided on the back side of the device to allow for ease of handling the device. 30

The end 2 has the lower bottom edge of the sides 3 and 4 cut away on a slope 25 to allow the operator to use the shining belt directly on the drum l8 where desired to get into inaccessible curves of the shoe and the front end I is also 35 cut off on a slant at 26 for the same purpose.

Thus, the bottom side 21 and the curves 28 and 29 of the belt 2| may all be utilized for polishing.

As will be obvious, slight modifications may be 40 made in the mechanics of the device without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claim.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

In a shoe polisher, the combination of a casing having one end made deeper and with the sides, top and ends, closed and with the lower portion of one end terminating above the lower edges of the sides; a driving drum mounted at a point 50 below the deeper portion of said casing with the perimeter of the drum extending beyond that portion terminating above the lower edges of the sides and below the lowermost edges of the sides;

a driven drum mounted in the other end of said casing with its perimeter also extending beyond that portion terminating above the lower edges of the sides and below the lowermost edges of the sides; a motor mounted in the deeper end of said casing parallel to said driving drum with the motor shaft extended through the side of the casing; a shaft through the driving drum extended through one side of said casing; sheave an endless belt encircling the two drums said belt being made of polishing material; and means to hold said belt in constant friction engagement 5 with said driving drum.

JACK FORSBERG. 

